What the back pages say: Sky to pay Beckham £20m over five years

DAILY MAIL

David Beckham is being paid an extraordinary £20 million-plus over five years to work as a Sky Television ambassador - Read More.

ALSO: Rafa Benitez has not made a habit of going back. He has never taken a team back to Valencia, where he won two Spanish titles, and he has yet to return to Inter Milan but on Sunday he will take Chelsea to Liverpool - Read More.

THE SUN

DAILY MIRROR

Wayne Rooney wants Sir Alex Ferguson to show his commitment to him with the offer of a new contract.

ALSO: Every pro cricketer in England will be tested for recreational drugs in a bid to avoid another tragedy like the one that claimed Tom Maynard.

DAILY EXPRESS

Mo Farah must cut off all contact with American sprint coach John Smith or he will risk damaging his golden status in British sport.

ALSO: John Terry has a big thank you to give Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers.

DAILY STAR

Emmanuel Adebayor reckons Spurs can spark another outbreak of war in the Manchester City camp on Sunday.

ALSO: Sam Allardyce has escaped an FA rap for his comments after West Ham's draw with Manchester United.

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

Arsene Wenger has made an unexpected and impassioned plea for English football never to lose the tough physical style that sets the Premier League apart from the rest of Europe.

ALSO: John Terry has admitted to growing uncertainty over his role at Chelsea as he prepares to sit out another big game this weekend.

THE TIMES

Emmanuel Adebayor has stoked the fires before Manchester City's visit to White Hart Lane on Sunday by accusing his former team-mates of turning on each other when things go wrong on the pitch.

ALSO: Mo Farah said yesterday he was shocked that his decision to run half of Sunday's Virgin London Marathon had prompted accusations of money-grabbing.

THE GUARDIAN

More than two thirds of the Premier League's record £2.4bn income in 2011-12 was paid out in wages, according to the most recently published accounts of all 20 clubs.

ALSO: Mo Farah has hit back at criticism that his decision to run only half of the London Marathon on Sunday was motivated by money.

THE INDEPENDENT

Mo Farah issued a forthright rejection of allegations that cashing in on his spectacular Olympic success has become a motivating factor and insists he will respect the race and the rest of the field when he makes his first appearance in the London Marathon on Sunday.

ALSO: Britain's most successful Olympian, Sir Chris Hoy, bade an emotional and tearful farewell to competitive action having exhausted 'every last ounce of effort and energy' winning at last year's Olympic Games.